Johanna Schuetz receives 2008 Lionel E. McLeod Health Research Scholarship

The Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) has awarded a 2008 Lionel E. McLeod Health Research Scholarship to Johanna Schuetz. The award honours Dr. Lionel McLeod, the founding president of AHFMR.

Ms. Schuetz is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. She has received numerous awards and scholarships during her academic career., from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the University of British Columbia. Ms. Schuetz’s research focuses on the genetics of susceptibility to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer with the fifth highest incidence in Canada. More knowledge in this area could help better predict and treat this deadly cancer.

The Lionel E. McLeod Health Research Scholarship is given annually to an outstanding student at the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, or University of British Columbia for research related to human health. Congratulations Johanna!